#B16C44#B16C44

#B16C44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C44
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 68)
HSL	hsl(22, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 23.60, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 41.13, 54.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0669 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.104 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5392, 20.4919, 8.1307)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C44 #4489B1

analogous

#B14453 #B16C44 #B1A244

triadic

#B16C44 #44B16C #6C44B1

tetradic

#B16C44 #53B144 #4489B1 #A244B1

square

#B16C44 #53B144 #4489B1 #A244B1

split-complementary

#B16C44 #44B1A2 #4453B1

monochromatic

#593622 #855133 #B16C44 #C68D6C #D7AF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B16C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B16C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C44

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C44	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9679',
    500: '#b16c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c44;
$custom-light: #cc9679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.018,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C44

secondary

#8DB0C3

accent

#A5D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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